Fig Cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup  butter or margarine; softened
• 1 cup brown sugar; packed
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unbleached flour  
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups dried figs; finely chopped

Method

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs, peel and vanilla; beat well.  Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; blend into creamed mixture.  Stir in figs. Pour into greased 13 X 9 X 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 350° F for 25 minutes.  Cool; cut into bars.

Yield: 32 bars.

Submitted by: J. Brown